NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libtasn1-devel package, versions <0:3.3-5.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.37% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBTASN1DEVEL-4986124
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 May 2014

Introduced: 25 May 2014

CVE-2014-3469  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libtasn1-devel to version 0:3.3-5.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0687.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libtasn1-devel package and not the libtasn1-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The (1) asn1_read_value_type and (2) asn1_read_value functions in GNU Libtasn1 before 3.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a NULL value in an ivalue argument.

CVSS Scores

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